Julián Alonso

Julián Alonso
Country (sports) Spain  United States
ResidenceMonte Carlo, Monaco
Miami, United States
Born (1977-08-02) 2 August 1977
Canet de Mar, Spain
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro1995
Retired2003
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money$ 1,852,891
Singles
Career record52-64
Career titles2
Highest rankingNo. 30 (15 June 1998)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (1998, 1999)
French Open1R (1998, 1999)
Wimbledon1R (1998, 1999)
US Open1R (1997, 1998)
Doubles
Career record34–48
Career titles2
Highest rankingNo. 53 (31 August 1998)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open1R (1998, 1999)
French OpenQF (1998)
US Open1R (1998)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French Open1R (1998)
Last updated on: 3 April 2022.

Julián Alonso Pintor (Spanish pronunciation: [xuljan alonso]; born 2 August 1977) is a Spanish-American former professional tennis player, who turned professional in 1995 and retired in 2003. He was known in tennis because of his powerful serve and Forehand compared with the Goran Ivanišević´s service. In 1997, playing against Ivanisevic (2nd seeded), in Long Island, beat him for first Top 10 victory en route to semifinal and in that match fired a 143 mph serve to become just third player (Philippoussis, Rusedski) to register a serve of at least 143. He is the founder of ELITE TENNIS TEAM focusing on junior development and also is coaching pro players Leylah Fernandez, Arantxa Rus as many others before like, Qinwen Zheng, Mirjana Lučić-Baroni, Sabine Lisicki, Ajla Tomljanović, Varvara Lepchenko, Renata Zarazúa, Marco Cecchinato and Nicolas Almagro.

Married to Arantxa Vivanco and father of two children.